Necktie-holder



(No Model.)

J. S. TEMPLE.

NEGKTIE HOLDER.

Patented Aug. 10, 1886;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH S. TEMPLE, OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS.

NECKTlE HOLDER.

SPEClFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 34:7,073 dated August 10, 1886,

-App1i(ation filed April 20, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JosEPH S. TEMPLE, of Reading, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie- Securers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple, convenient, and inexpensive device whereby the bands or garrotes of neckties or scarfs may be engaged with the lower edge of a standing collar to prevent the band from slipping upwardly on the collar.

To this end the invention consists in a securing device composed of a single flexible piece of wire, bent to form a central loop or hook, two short arms or offsets, and two end hooks con nected to the central hook by said offsets, the end hooks having diagonal and oppositely-inclined penetrating portions,which are adapted to penetrate the band and enterthe same between the outer layer and lining, the said hooks when thus engaged with the band holding the central loop or hook close to the external surface of the band, so that it can be engaged with the lower edge of a standing collar, as I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved fastener. Fig. 2 represents an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view. Fig. 4 represents a side view of a part of the band of a necktie having one of my improved fasteners. Fig. 5 represents a section on line :0 m, Fig. 4.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In carrying out my invention, I take a piece of wire of suitable gage to insure a ,good degree of flexibility, and bend the same so as to form a central loop or hook, a, of substantially a U shape, and two end hooks, b I), composed of arms 2 2, extending in opposite directions from the ends of the central hook, and diagonal arms 3 3, pointed and inclined inwardly or oppositely from the outer ends of the arms 2 2. I bend the arms 2 2 to form shoulders or offsets 4 4, whereby the central hook is separated Serial No. 199,475. (No model.)

from or located at one side of the plane in which the end hooks stand.

In applying this device to the band 0 of a necktie, I first insert one of the armsBbetween the outer layerand lining of the band,and then, by moving the device laterally, insert the arm 2 between said outer layer and lining, one of the end hooks being thus entirely inserted. 1 then, by suitably springing the central loop, insert the other end hook between the outer layer and lining in the same manner. The device is thus securely attached, its shoulders or oflset projecting through the outer layer of the band, as shown in Fig. .5, while both the end hooks are inside the band. The central hook or loop therefore stands close beside the band, a space existing between the central hook and the band by reason of the offsetting of said hook. The lower edge ot'a standing collar maybe inserted in said space, as will be readily seen, so that the band cannot slip upwardly on the collar.

It will be observed that the attaching device is self-securing, and requires no adaptation of the band to it. The central loop or hook, to, is curved outwardly at its outer end, as'shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5, to facilitate its engagement with the collar.

I claim The improved necktiesecurer composed of the central loop or hook, the arms 2 2, con nected to the ends of said loop by the ofi'sets 4 4, and projecting in opposite directions, and the diagonal-pointed arms or pins 3 3, formed on the arms 2 2, the pins 3 and arms 2 consti toting end hooks,which are entirely contained in the article to which the securer is attached, the offsets 4 i passing through said article and separating the central loop from said end hooks, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name I to this specification, in the presence of two subcribing witnesses, this 14th day of April, 1886;

JOSEPH S., TEMPLE. Vitnesses:

G. F. BROWN, ARTHUR W. CRossLEY. 

